Julie-Anne Mitchell

Julie-Anne Mitchell
Heart Foundation of Australia · Heart Foundation of Australia

MPH, Grad Dip (Health Promotion) BA, RN

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Introduction
Julie-Anne Mitchell currently works at the Heart Foundation of Australia to advance public health policy. Julie-Anne does research in Addiction Medicine, Internal Medicine (General Medicine) and Gender issues in Cardiology.
Additional affiliations
August 2006 - present
Heart Foundation of Australia
Position
  • NSW Director of cardiovascular Health Programs

Publications

Publications (20)
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Background and objectives: The uptake of formal cardiovascular disease risk assessment in the primary prevention setting is low. We tested the feasibility of an SMS recall system to invite eligible patients for a Heart Health Check in Australian general practice. Method: Of 332 general practices that expressed interest in the study, 231 were ran...
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Background Cognitive impairment may limit the uptake of secondary prevention in acute coronary syndrome patients, but is poorly understood, including in cardiac rehabilitation participants. Aim The aim of this study was to explore cognitive impairment in relation to psychological state in acute coronary syndrome patients over the course of cardiac...
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BACKGROUND Heart age calculators are used around the world to engage the public in cardiovascular disease prevention. Previous reports of online use have not evaluated behavioural impact or controlled for repeat/fictitious use. OBJECTIVE This paper describes national use of the Australian heart age calculator in a more reliable sample of users. M...
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Background: Heart age calculators are used worldwide to engage the public in cardiovascular disease (CVD) prevention. Experimental studies with small samples have found mixed effects of these tools, and previous reports of population samples that used web-based heart age tools have not evaluated psychological and behavioral outcomes. Objective:...
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Objectives: To ascertain the proportion of councils with smoke-free outdoor areas (SFOA) policies in New South Wales (NSW), Australia and to explore the enablers and barriers to local governments introducing such policies. Methods: A structured survey of council staff at NSW councils was conducted by telephone in 2011. Participants were asked ab...
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The National Heart Foundation of Australia assembled an expert panel to provide guidance on policy and system changes to improve the quality of care for people with chronic heart failure (CHF). The recommendations have the potential to reduce emergency presentations, hospitalisations and premature death among patients with CHF. Best-practice manage...
Conference Paper
Small changes make a big difference– the call to action for the 2011 Australian GRFW campaign J. A. Mitchell 1,*, H. Baird 1, L. Roberts 2, A. McGregor 1 1 NATIONAL HEART FOUNDATION OF AUSTRALIA, Sydney, 2 NATIONAL HEART FOUNDATION OF AUSTRALIA, Melbourne, Australia Introduction: The key message of the Australian Go Red for Women campaign over the...
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To collate data on women and cardiovascular disease in Australia and globally to inform public health campaigns and health care interventions. Literature review. Women with acute coronary syndromes show consistently poorer outcomes than men, independent of comorbidity and management, despite less anatomical obstruction of coronary arteries and rela...
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The NSW Department of Health's commitment to reducing tobacco-related harm in New South Wales is best articulated in its NSW Tobacco Action Plan 2001–2004. In accord with the National Tobacco Strategy 1999–2003, priorities under this plan include: reducing smoking prevalence; limiting the uptake of smoking by nonsmokers; reducing the exposure to th...
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This article describes dietary factors for which there is strong evidence of an effect on cancer risk, and introduces the NSW Cancer Council’s dietary guidelines for the prevention of cancer.
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The effect on cervical screening rates of paid publicity on ethnic radio was evaluated. The radio publicity occurred during three discrete periods between 1992 and 1994. The numbers of women having Pap smears before and after the intervention were compared in postcode areas with high and low percentages of residents of non–English–speaking backgrou...
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This desire for a more organised approach to cervical cancer screening is not new. For several years health professionals active in the area of women's health have pointed out that Australia's opportunistic attitude towards cervical screening is problematic. Health professionals have argued that reliance on women to ask their doctors for a Pap test...

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